Jan 6th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 2 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 2 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon had vapor lock issues during stage 1, and finds himself over 2 hours behind. The cars are scheduled to begin the 433km special section at 8:55am/et, Robby Gordon will probably begin the stage at 9:36am/et (Subject to change) Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2014 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.


2014 Stage 1 Photos


STAGE 2 TRACKING


STAGE 2: SAN LUIS > SAN RAFAEL

Connection 365km | Special Stage 433km | Total 798km

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

The fastest special stage of the rally, at least for its first part, will also be the one where drivers will have to face the first dunes. And it won’t just be a brief encounter with sand: in the last 100 kilometres, the exploration of the grey dunes of Nihuil will be even more intensive than during previous visits. The sand is more firm there, but the experience will provide a great deal of insight about each of the competitors’ technical skills. In short it will be a veritable test.

 

The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

 

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 6, 2014 at 8:05am

I guess they did not know that BJ had participated in the Dakar before????

Permalink Reply by George Barnes on January 6, 2014 at 9:02am

Haha! I noticed that one, too! Don't they watch this thing?

Permalink Reply by Dave Horwath on January 6, 2014 at 8:18am

Any status on the repairs solution? You know RG, at times like this does he go thru the five emotions or just straight to ultra focus?

Permalink Reply by Head Held High on January 6, 2014 at 8:03am

RG used a provisional and will start 17th today

Permalink Reply by will on January 6, 2014 at 8:09am

What is the limit on the reseeding? Is it 3 times?

Permalink Reply by will on January 6, 2014 at 8:22am

I think we can scratch WP1, the only CP today is at km. 177, so we will have times there.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 6, 2014 at 9:16am

Do not the bikes and cars have different routes? Perhaps the WPs will work for the cars. One can hope but reality is you're probably right.

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2014 at 8:47am

Robby's new scheduled start time is 11:36 (9:36est-6:36pst)

Permalink Reply by Kathy Kubara on January 6, 2014 at 8:50am

Gives me time to get some work done.

Permalink Reply by David Z on January 6, 2014 at 8:56am

Just checked the Dakar Twitter acct. They are using a pic of the podium jump for their header.

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2014 at 9:03am

Cars are on course

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 6, 2014 at 9:04am

Good Morning Everyone!

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